Posted By Natalie Meisler On January 7, 2011 @ 11:09 am In Colorado State University,Mountain West Conference | No Comments

TCU players celebrate their Rose Bowl win. (Marcio Sanchez, AP)

After ESPN’s much-maligned “little guys” gabfest demeaning TCU during and after the Rose Bowl, it’s only fitting ESPN rename its Bowl Challenge Cup. How about “Sippy Cup”?

The Mountain West, 4-1 during the postseason, claimed its third trophy in the last four seasons for the league with the best bowl record. The only blemish on the record was Utah, a little guy going to a big boy (Pac-12) conference. The Utes lost to Boise State, the all-time epitome of the little guy with its so-called “Smurf Turf.”

Here’s another last word: There are national news reports of electronic billboards popping up in Columbus, Ohio. The message: “Congratulations to TCU for their (sic) BCS Rose Bowl Victory” — Little Sisters of the Poor. (Pictures here[1].)

It was either a dig at fellow Big Ten member losing the Rose Bowl or more likely, a jab at Ohio State (and former Colorado) president Gordon Gee for saying of the Big Ten and SEC: “We do not play the Little Sisters of the Poor.”

No, the vaunted Big Ten just can’t beat the “little guys” in their own bowl.

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